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CORE RESEARCH "STARTER PACK"

To learn more about me as a scholar, I have selected a few peer-viewed papers, all published in different journals (including Science, PNAS, and Journal of Human Evolution, among others), which are listed here, as a "starter pack" that demonstrates the kinds of anthropological research questions that interest me.

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Scales of toolstone transport in the Armenian Highlands during MIS 3: The contribution of Ararat-1 Cave (Ararat Depression) to reconstructing opportunities for social interactions. 

 

Frahm et al. 2025

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Increasing obsidian diversity during the Chalcolithic Period at Yeghegis-1 Rockshelter (Armenia) reveals shifts in land use and social networks

 

Frahm et al. 2024

Scientific Reports

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Identifying the origins of obsidian artifacts in the Deh Luran Plain (Southwestern Iran) highlights community connections in the Neolithic Zagros

 

Frahm and Carolus 2022

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Upper Palaeolithic settlement and mobility in the Armenian highlands: agent-based modeling, obsidian sourcing, and lithic analysis at Aghitu-3 Cave

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Frahm et al. 2019

Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology

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Origin of an Early Upper Palaeolithic obsidian burin at Ksar Akil (Lebanon): evidence of greater connectivity ahead of the Levantine Aurignacian?

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Frahm and Tryon 2019

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Middle Palaeolithic lithic procurement behaviors at Lusakert Cave 1, Hrazdan Valley, Armenia

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Frahm et al. 2016

Journal of Human Evolution

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Early Levallois technology and the transition from the Lower to Middle Palaeolithic in the Southern Caucasus

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Adler et al. 2014

Science

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